And I saw among the [a](A)naive,
And discerned among the [b]youths
A young man (B)lacking [c]sense,
Passing through the street near (C)her corner;
And he [d]takes the way to (D)her house,
In the (E)twilight, in the [e]evening,
In the [f]middle of the night and in the darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:7 Lit simple ones
  2. Proverbs 7:7 Lit sons
  3. Proverbs 7:7 Lit heart
  4. Proverbs 7:8 Lit steps
  5. Proverbs 7:9 Lit evening of the day
  6. Proverbs 7:9 Lit pupil (of the eye)

I saw among the simple,
    I noticed among the young men,
    a youth who had no sense.(A)
He was going down the street near her corner,
    walking along in the direction of her house
at twilight,(B) as the day was fading,
    as the dark of night set in.

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